According to the newspaper Corriere della Sera, Switzerland has announced that it will resume sending back to Italy asylum seekers who arrived in the country by sea and then moved to Swiss territory. The announcement was made by the spokesperson for the State Secretariat for Migration, Magdalena Baker, to the German public television channel. She said that the resumption will be gradual and will affect few people at first, with return flights already scheduled from the end of August. Baker also stated that, for now, there is no agreement with Italy on the management of these returns.
The case involves so-called "Dubliners." Under the Dublin Treaty, asylum applications must be examined by the migrant's country of entry into Europe. At the end of 2022, shortly after taking office, Giorgia Meloni suspended readmissions from other European countries, citing strong migratory pressure on Italy. This put Rome in a position of non-compliance.
The new EU pact on migration was signed in 2025 and entered into force on June 12. It provides aid and compensation to states receiving migrants, such as Italy, provided they comply with the other parts of the agreement, including the obligation to examine asylum applications. Switzerland is not a member of the EU, but adheres to the Schengen Agreement.
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Read the original article in Italian at Corriere della Sera.
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